Car-coupling.



No. 629,884. Pitented Aug. I, 899. w. F. ADAMS. GAB COUPLING. (Application filed Dec. 30, 1898.)

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WILLIAM FRANKLIN ADAMS, or

FOURTHS, TO ononen M. SCALES,

THOMAS, OF IREDELL, AND W'ILLlAlll A TEXAS.

CAR-QOUPMNQ, A

MERIDIAN, TEXAS, nssronon OF THREE- GEORGE T. HALLEY, AND JAMES D.

. AGEE, 0 HAMILTON COUNTY,

sPEciFroA'rIoN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 629,884, dated August 1, 1899. Application filed December 30, 1898. shin in. 700,722. on model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM FRANKLIN ADAMS, a. citizen of the United States, residingnt Meridian, in the county of Basque and State of Texas, have invented a. new and useful Car-Coupling, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to automatic caroouplers, and has for its object to provide that class of couplers having a. pivoted latch with improvedmeans for placing the latch in 130- sition endfor disengaging the Latch from thecoupling-link. To this end the present invention consists 1 5 in thecomhinstion and arrangement of parts, j :is will be hereinatfter more fully described, and particularly pointed olii'in the claims. In the drawings, Figurel is a perspective view of the coupler applied to the end of a. car. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereofl Fig. 3 is a top plan view, the top of the draw-head being removed. Fig. 4 is a. detail perspective view of the pivoted latch and adjusting-lever rernoved. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of a modified form of link.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are denoted by like reference characters.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the end of any ordinary car, and 2 the drew-head fitted thereto.

The latch for engaging and holding the link 3 in thedrawhead is illustrated in detail in 5 Fig. 4, and consists of a solid flat body 4, having the hearing logs or journals 5 at one,

and upon opposite sides thereof and biforested longitudinally, as at 6, at the oppo site endof the latch. A ln'tch-releasinglever? is pivoted intermedinte'its ends in the bifurcation of the-latch, the long arin of the lever extending upward and having an offset ful- GI'UHhhQQl 8, extending out beyond the end of thelatoh and below the same. The lngs5 of the lntohhave a bearing in opposite notches 9, providedinfthe side walls and at the upper side of thefmouth of the drew-head, and the latch-adjnsting lever 7 extends up through a longitudinal slot 10, formed through the top- 'lhemea'ns for operating the latch comprises a. rock-lever 11, mounted transversely across the end of. the ear, having-e handle 12 at its outer end and anteye 13 at its otherv end. This eye extends longitudinally of the draw head and has a. connection 11 with the protruding end of the latch-releasing lever 7. This arrangement nlfords it ill eons for operating the device from the side ofthe car. To operate it from the top of the car, a lever 15 do is pivoted transversely across the end of the car, near the top thereof, and a. snitahlecouhection 16 is provided between said lever and the eye 13 of the rock-lever 11. A suitable stop 17 holds the lever at a. convenient point for operation and prevents the same from dropping down est ofi-reaehf-mmthe top otthe car.

The link 3 thickened or enlarged portion 18. This enlarged portion extends beyond one face of the link and provides a shoulder 19. In Fig. 5 is illustrated a. modified form. of link having only one enlarged end 19?, while the other end thereof has the form of an ordinary link, to he used with the ordinary pin form of coupling. I I

In the operation of the coupling, the link being inserted into the draw-head, the free end of the latch is forced upward by contact 89 therewith until the enlarged and of the link passes beyond the latch and the latter drops in front of the shoulder 19. A stop 20 limits the inward movem entof the link,-so that when the latch drops oil from the enlarged end thereof itimmediately engages with the shoal: der'lll. When strain is brought. upon the link, the free end of the latch is drawn tightly down upon the link end-rth'egirontend, is wedged tightly against {transverse "stop-- shoulder 21, formed across the upper side of is provided at each end with a the month of the drew-head Thuslthelflfich is firmly wedged against the shoulderof the link, and resting aoross'the upper face of the link precludes the possibility of thelntter belog jolted out of engagement by the move ment of the train. 7

To unoouple the cars, either of the levers 11 or 15 is operated to draw the upper pro'' 1 trading end of the lotcirreleesing leverto pivoted to and inclused entirely within the draw-head and adapted to engage the shoulder of the link, and areleasingdever pivoted to the latch, and havinga fulcrum-heel adaptbe'ar upon the shouldered end of the link and hold the samedown, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

of the link the latter is held fist against the 2. In a car-coupler, the combination with s draw-hood and a hooded link, of a. let-eh in the form of 'a flat latch outof engagement with the shoulder 19 of the link by reason of the heel 8 of the adjusting-lever having a fulcrum-hearing upon the enlarged end of the'link.

It will be understood that as the heel 8 of word the car, which movement raises the/ ingis provided forthe releasing-lever, sndtlie I v link is held down while the latch is being rewith a. gmojve 22. extending upwardly and inleased, substantially as shown and described. v In a car-coupler, the combination with a Each ofthese grooves extends to the top of drew-head, having a pair of opposite upthe hereof the draw-heed, where it is widened or enlarged, as shown, and a groove 23 con- 1 n'ects tiienpper end-of the groove 22 with the ing the upwardly-extending grooves with the 8 beln :stop When v y the combination drew-head and :1

Thus; a new lsteli'csn be easily placed within notch 9.- To lug-lover is inserted into the mouth of the drew-heed end tlirongh the slot 10in the top thereof, the'lngs 5 of the into position the latch, the releasnotches, of a latch having opposite bearinglugs, said letchbeing adopted to be placed in position by passing-the lugs thereof along time li en ,a upwardly-extending grooves and then to't'ne respective grooves 22. Tire lanai notches through the oonneeting-gromnn the forced I latch being normally inclined downward, e sling upward in the grooves 2?, the lever 7 link having a shouldered end'and adopted to dropping forward in the 1310510, and the heel engage with the free end oi the link, and received in arecess 24, formed in. the means fordisengaging the latch'from the link,

the In have reached the substantially as shown and described. grooves 20, the latch is forced up- 4. In a car-coupler, the combination with a. the recess 25, formed in the top of draw-head havings pairof opposite upwardly the draw-head; and then the latch is drawn and rearwardly extending grooves, a, pair of forward, the lugs passing along the grooves connecting the Zion-til, seated in the respective notches 9.

tape? the spectively, formed therein, end a stopshonlder hsvinga longitudinal recess formed there in, of a latch having opposite bearing-lugs at one end, and a releasing-lever pivoted intermediate its ends at the other end of the latch, a link having a shouldered end, and means for operating said lever to disengage the latch from the link, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the draw-heed and the latter may he made in one piece.

and arrangement as herein set forth an automatic couplerjs provided having no springs and consisting of few ports, which may he'reed'iiy replaced if broken.

. Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction and arrangement may he medewithont departing from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantages of I the presence of two witnesses. t present invention.

v 11g time described theinventiim, What WHGLXAM BEAN RUN is claimed is- Witnesses:

1. In a. car-coupler, the combination with a l. H. DAWSON, shouldered link, of a latch I. A. H. LESTER. 

